Change Healthcare, which really hasn't, is acquiring the blockchain-related assets of PokitDok (one of whose employees actually contacted me about a post in which I made fun of the name) to add to its software platform. Might have wanted to worry more about whether you had a real business than about people jabbing at your name.
https://www.changehealthcare.com/press-room/press-releases/detail/change-healthcare-acquires-pokitdok-assetsTrouble conglomerate General Electric filed an expected IPO to spin off its health unit, which is expected to have a value in the tens of billions of dollars.
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/ge-files-ipo-to-spin-out-its-health-unit-5-things-to-know.html?origin=cioe&utm_source=cioeAn article in Health Affairs provides a quick summary of the state of the evidence for telemedicine outcomes.
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Aspen RxHealth, which aims to provide tools to connect pharmacists and patients outside traditional pharmacy settings, has raised $9 million.
https://medcitynews.com/2018/12/florida-startup-raises-9m-for-on-demand-pharmacist-marketplace/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=68332133&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_LPl76_rZqZlSJEgI_kKwaoWbx5dDvc6gpsa1Iq10B7XHQxKVTPiumb5r1fFCH21_i_aO3gp3jxofN3yPcO1bdBP4GuNJZDrTVCG7mG84NCp5quGw&_hsmi=68332133&rf=1A private equity firm which was the primary owner of BrightSpring Health, which offers a variety of home care and other services, is selling it to another private equity firm, an increasingly common form of transaction. BrightSpring will be combined with PharMerica, which primarily operates pharmacies in long-term care facilities.
https://www.pehub.com/buyouts/brightsprings-marriage-with-kkrs-pharmerica-said-to-command-1-3-bln-plus-valuation/A Commonwealth Fund report finds very moderate trends in post-acute care spending for Medicare.
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A number of health care organizations have joined with the National Quality Forum to create a consistent, supposedly more limited, set of quality measures to use with providers.
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If you like to wait for your health care, Canada is the place for you, according to a new study from the Frasier Institute.
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A meta-analysis finds mixed outcomes from tele-monitoring of health failure patients.
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Myia has raised $6.75 million to use new sensor technology to monitor heart failure patients.
https://medcitynews.com/2018/12/san-francisco-startup-raises-6-75-million-for-remote-health-monitoring/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=68221243&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--6lS9Ad5y2spfoS15xlIum7Uak2GuMvWj1WIKvaucE0QF89V0wj7qWUmogT0OotuyGM_3E-xi96PiSC7ILwF41qDFGSMeGVt3BA6xPGPvHbyiVhYw&_hsmi=68221243&rf=1The CMS Office of the Actuary releases its annual analysis of national health spending, this one covering 2017.
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